The story of a race against time to help preserve the untouched forests of Burma and its wildlife.
Episode 1
1/3 The team searches for Asian elephants in the mountains of western Burma.
FIRST BROADCAST: 29 Nov 2013
Episode 2
2/3 The team searches for the sun bear, the Asian golden cat and the clouded leopard.
FIRST BROADCAST: 06 Dec 2013
Episode 3
3/3 The team searches for the most iconic animal of them all, the tiger.
FIRST BROADCAST: 13 Dec 2013
To save our great cities from catastrophic flooding, engineers are raising some of the biggest sea defenses in history. Venice MOSE Wall, Delta Flume, Japan Tsunami Barrier, New Jersey Storm Defense.
为了救这些超级城市于灾难性的洪水之中,工程师在着手有史以来阵仗最大的沿海防洪项目——威尼斯莫斯墙,代尔夫特三角洲引水槽,日本防海啸堤坝,新泽西州风暴防御。
In trying to comprehend our universe, just how big is big? How far is far? This users guide to the cosmos will bring the incomprehensible down to a human scale such as Venus melting a tank, the density of a black hole compared to 1000 cars in a Coke can, and the comets in the Solar System equated to grains of sugar weighing half a ton.
共三集:1.隐匿的王道 2.生命中的化合 3.生命的火花
The Cell In a three-part series, Dr Adam Rutherford tells the extraordinary story of the scientific quest to discover the secrets of the cell and of life itself. Every living thing is made of cells, microscopic building blocks of almost unimaginable power and complexity. “I am normally not a lover of scientific docu’s but this one I found I had to watch all 3 parts back to back”.
The Hidden Kingdom
The first part explores how centuries of scientific and religious dogma were overturned by the earliest discoveries of the existence of cells, and how scientists came to realize that there was, literally, more to life than meets the eye.
The Chemistry of Life
This episode explores how scientists delved ever deeper into the world of the cell, seeking to reveal the magic ingredient that can spark a bundle of chemicals into life. Their discoveries have brought us to the brink of being able to create life for ourselves.
The Spark of Life
The final part reveals how our knowledge of cells has brought us to the brink of one of the most important moments in history. Scientists are close to repeating what has happened only once in four billion years - the creation of a new life form.
See Australian television personality Todd Sampson put brain training to the test as he undergoes a radical brain makeover in a three-part documentary series on the revolutionary new science of brain plasticity.
More than half of us now live in cities. Crowded, chaotic and bursting with life - these are places under pressure. In this brand new series, Dan Snow, Anita Rani and Ade Adepitan go behind the scenes to reveal the hidden systems and armies of people running some of the greatest cities on earth. Find out how Mexico City keeps its inhabitants safe from earthquakes, and meet local people who offer an inside look at life in metropolises like Delhi and Hong Kong. Meanwhile, Moscow's incredible architecture shows that the world's busiest cities also have some of the richest histories.
这是三架飞机改变世界的旅程:SR-71黑鸟、DC-3和空中客车A380。每一架非凡的飞机都有与之匹配的非凡故事,包括大型堵住、特立独行的人物和威胁生命的挑战。这一切尽在纪录片《改变世界的飞机 Planes That Changed the World》。
SR-71黑鸟侦察机能够以三倍音速飞行在8,000英尺高空,且接近大气的边缘。不过,它最伟大的遗产是当世界陷入核战争边缘时维护了世界和平如今看来,这仍然是世界最快的载人飞机之一。通过采访与之建造和驾驶相关的男性和女性了解它卓越的历史。
一个圆形机身,后掠机翼,今天的每架飞机都存在着DC-3的印记,创建于20世纪30年代颠覆性的航空杰作,不过效果显著,并且是革命性的创作。DC3促进了当时仍然不景气的经济。在诺曼底登陆中扮演了重要角色,通过它的高可靠性,高地形适应性,和经济性,一直影响着当今航空界。
起因于要具有波音天空女王之称的波音747相同任务,建造世界上首个超大飞机,双层甲班喷气机。建造它不是一件小事,如果失败意味着空客的结束。这是一个A380的故事。从它的规划,到它的建造,再到它的首次试飞。这是一次高风险的挑战,工程和后勤都会面临前所未有的挑战,这种庞然大物能飞离地面本身是一个奇迹,任何风险都会导致事故发生。
Investigators of the strange, John E.L. Tenney and Chad Lindberg, explore the world's most allegedly haunted locations in search of the truth regarding the nature of existence and if there are worlds beyond our reality.